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Commenting on the recent furore over DC's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write a certain super-powered hereo.

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[moetushie]

Thanks for explaining it, Supes!

I've never read, nor do I ever want to read, Ender's Game, and I have no problem doing everything I can to avoid OSC and his work. Yikes.

[md84]

It really sucks because OSC is actually a pretty talented author. It's too bad that genius and "asshole" aren't mutually exclusive.

[mishalak]

I have repeatedly bounced off his writing not due to content, but just the style. I tried three times to start Seventh Son and could not force myself past the first chapter. I also tried to reread Ender once I was an Adult and found it had been visited by the crap fairies (the one who replace your favorite childhood novels and TV show with much crappier ones some night between childhood and adulthood).

All in all I would argue that OSC is a medium talent. Nothing wrong with that, but he is no Michael Chabon or Christopher Priest.